The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848Penguin, 1 nov 1999 - 672 pagine From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe. A definitive work of impeccable scholarship with a thoroughly engaging narrative, The House of Rothschild is a biography of the rarest kind, in which mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life. |
Sommario
TWO The Electors Treasure | |
THREE The Commanding General 18131815 | |
FOUR ACourt Always Leads to Something 18161825 | |
FIVE Hue and Cry 18261829 | |
SIX Amschels Garden | |
SEVEN Barons | |
TEN The Worlds Bankers | |
ELEVEN Il est mort 1836 | |
TWELVE Love and Debt | |
THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory 18341839 | |
FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament 1840 | |
Playing at Railways 18301846 | |
SIXTEEN 1848 | |
Prices and Purchasing Power | |
Parole e frasi comuni
1848 revolution Almadén Anselm Anthony Austrian Bank Bank of England bankers Banque Banque de France Baring Baron Belgian bills bonds British brothers capital Carl Carl’s cent Charlotte court crisis deal dear diplomatic Duke early Elector emancipation England English Europe exchange fact family’s father Frankfurt house French German gold gulden Hannah Heine Herries Hesse-Kassel House of Rothschild interest issue James James’s Jewish community Jewish emancipation Jews Judengasse King Laffitte later less letters liberal Lionel loan London house Lord Louis Louis Philippe Ludwig Börne married Mayer Amschel Mayer Amschel Rothschild Metternich million francs million gulden Minister Montefiore Naples Napoleon Nathan nephews Paris house partners partnership payments peace Périer political Prince profits purchase railway regime rentes revolution revolutionary Rothschild family Russian Salomon secure seems sell shares sons sought Spain Spanish told transactions uncle Vienna Wellington William wrote